If you don't like zombie movies, you'd be best off making sure that you never see The Dead Next Door...but if you do like zombie flicks, this might provide some amusement. While the film is never exceptional (even in the low budget zombie sub-genre), it does have some positive as...( read more)
Bogdan Pecic, Michael Grossi, Pete Ferry
Widely regarded as the most expensive 8mm zombie film ever made, director J.R. Bookwalter's epic masterwork has been fully restored for this release. When a viral epidemic creates a nation full of zom...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 9, 2005
Stats: 180 reviews
Flixster Reviews (180)
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April 20, 2009
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April 8, 2009

A fairly ambitious, ultra-violent and ultra-low budget homage to George Romero's zombie films. It was shot on Super 8mm by J.R. Bookwalter in Akron, Ohio aroun...( read more) -
September 13, 2006
Fun zombie movie. Listen closely for the many voices dubbed by Bruce Campbell.
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January 23, 2009
The Dead Next Door is one of those movies i found to be so bad its actually good and the only two reasons i think its bad would be wooden acting and the shot on low budget style i think with alittle more this could have been a top notch movie. A scientist creates a virus that onc...( read more)
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May 31, 2007
The zombie classic you've never heard of. Shot all on consumer super 8, overdubbed dialogue, not great acting. But AMAZING movie,it won't take much time, less than 80 mins.
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October 24, 2009
REAL corny zombie flick with lots of gore but kinda boring after awhile
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July 22, 2009
Made by J. R. Bookwalter at the ripe ol' age of 19, this is a perfect example of how the fun of making a movie can translate to the finished product. Crude though it may be, this movie works thanks to an over the top energy that is lacking in many of it's fellow shoesting brethe...( read more)
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April 24, 2009
Al estilo de las de George A Romero, pero sin la majestuocidad de las matanzas y desmembramientos, historia regular.
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